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The hunt for red fluorescent proteins

By pushing fluorescent proteins further into the red, bioengineers are expanding the palette and penetration depth of biological imaging.
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Green fluorescent protein is one of the most popular items in the microscopist’s toolbox. It is a Nobel-prizewinning innovation that brilliantly lights up molecules of interest across a diverse range of biological fields, laboratories and techniques. But it does not work for physical chemist Julie Biteen.

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Nature 596, 152-153 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02093-6

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  • Correction 05 August 2021: An earlier version of this feature misnamed the protein miRFP670nano as miR670nano.

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